Secret Service Agents Said to Have Driven Into Police Investigation Before Crash.
Two senior Secret Service agents suspected of being drunk plowed through a crime scene and may have driven over a suspicious package during an active investigation, according to The Washington Post.
The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security is investigating the March 4 episode, which involved Mark Connolly, the second-in-command on President Obama’s personal protective detail, and George Ogilvie, a top supervisor in the Washington field office.WASHINGTON – The US Secret Service said on Wednesday that two agents were under investigation after an incident last week in which they were reported ...

10 reputed ‘Sopranos’ mobsters busted in undercover operation.
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the arrest of 10 members and associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, which has long been thought to be the real-life inspiration for HBO’s “The Sopranos.” They’re listed on the criminal complaint with nicknames like “Knuckles” and “Whitey,” and they’re accused of plotting to commit murder, distribute drugs and promote prostitution. The suspects include reputed captain 71-year-old Charles Stango, of Henderson, Nevada, and 72-year-old Frank Nigro, of Toms River, a reputed consigliere, or adviser. Since 2012, ...

10 reputed ‘Sopranos’ mobsters busted in undercover operation.
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the arrest of 10 members and associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, which has long been thought to be the real-life inspiration for HBO’s “The Sopranos.” They’re listed on the criminal complaint with nicknames like “Knuckles” and “Whitey,” and they’re accused of plotting to commit murder, distribute drugs and promote prostitution. The suspects include reputed captain 71-year-old Charles Stango, of Henderson, Nevada, and 72-year-old Frank Nigro, of Toms River, a reputed consigliere, or adviser. Since 2012, ...

‘Not Mayberry anymore’: Oil patch cops scramble to keep up.
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) – Police chief Art Walgren knew how much the oil boom had changed this once-sleepy town when he spotted something that would have been unheard of not long ago: license plates from Sinaloa, Mexico, home to one of the world’s most violent drug cartels. The gusher of oil and money flowing from the Bakken fields has made policing more demanding and dangerous, forcing small-town officers, county sheriffs and federal agents to confront everything from rowdy bar fights to far-reaching methamphetamine and heroin networks and prostitution rings operating out of local motels. “It’s not Mayberry ...

After brazen crime spree, Kentucky teen charged with statutory rape of 13-year-old girlfriend.
An 18-year-old Kentucky man who was nabbed by police after a nearly two-week, multi-state crime spree with his 13-year-old girlfriend has been charged with a slate of crimes, including statutory rape. A tearful Dalton Hayes appeared in a Kentucky court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include burglary, theft, custodial interference, criminal mischief, criminal trespassing and second- and third-degree rape, according to ABC affiliate WHAS.
Dalton Hayes was returned to Kentucky earlier Thursday and was being held on $250,000 cash bail pending a hearing next week on eight charges ...

Back in Kentucky, Fugitive Teen Dalton Hayes Pleads Not Guilty.
A 13-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend have been arrested in the US after an alleged two-week crime spree involving stolen cars, guns and, importantly, romance. Dalton Hayes was returned to Kentucky earlier Thursday and was being held on $250,000 cash bail pending a hearing next week on eight charges including burglary and second-degree rape. But don’t call them Bonnie and Clyde. “We just went on a few high-speed chases,” Dalton Hayes said after he and his young girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips were tracked down several weeks, five states and more than a thousand kilometres from home.
Hayes and the girl, whom NBC News ...

Back in Kentucky, Fugitive Teen Dalton Hayes Pleads Not Guilty.
LEITCHFIELD (CBSMiami/AP) – Dalton Hayes, one of the two teenage sweethearts arrested in Florida for an alleged multistate crime spree of stolen cars and checks, has returned to Kentucky to face several charges including statutory rape. A 13-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend have been arrested in the US after an alleged two-week crime spree involving stolen cars, guns and, importantly, romance.
But don’t call them Bonnie and Clyde. “We just went on a few high-speed chases,” Dalton Hayes said after he and his young girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips were tracked down several weeks, five states and more than a thousand ...

Back in Kentucky, Fugitive Teen Dalton Hayes Pleads Not Guilty.
A 13-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend have been arrested in the US after an alleged two-week crime spree involving stolen cars, guns and, importantly, romance.
One of two teenage sweethearts who are suspected in a multi-state crime spree of stolen vehicles and pilfered checks has returned to Kentucky to face several charges including statutory rape. 18-year-old Dalton Hayes was in tears during his arraignment Thursday afternoon at the Grayson County courthouse. But don’t call them Bonnie and Clyde. “We just went on a few high-speed chases,” Dalton Hayes said after he and his young girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips were ...

Back in Kentucky, Fugitive Teen Dalton Hayes Pleads Not Guilty.
A 13-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend have been arrested in the US after an alleged two-week crime spree involving stolen cars, guns and, importantly, romance.
Dalton Hayes was returned to Kentucky earlier Thursday and was being held on $250,000 cash bail pending a hearing next week on eight charges including burglary and second-degree rape. But don’t call them Bonnie and Clyde. “We just went on a few high-speed chases,” Dalton Hayes said after he and his young girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips were tracked down several weeks, five states and more than a thousand kilometres from home. Hayes and the girl, whom NBC News ...

Dad of girl, 13, accused in crime spree says he’s not angry at her 18-year-old boyfriend.
CLARKSON, Ky. Two teenage runaways described as a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde after eluding police in several southern American states during an alleged two-week crime spree have been captured.The “Bonnie and Clyde” teens accused in a two-week, multistate crime spree of stolen cars and forged checks were just trying to get away from the girl’s abusive family, her boyfriend said.
— The father of a 13-year-old girl who police say went on a multi-state crime spree with her older boyfriend said Tuesday that he is not angry with the 18-year-old. For Dalton Hayes, 18, and his 13-year-old girlfriend, ...